Morocco king pardons dual national jailed over extremist network

Morocco king pardons dual national jailed over extremist network

A Belgian-Moroccan sentenced in 2009 to life in prison after being accused of leading an extremist network has been pardoned by King Mohammed VI, his family told AFP on Monday. Abdelkader Belliraj was convicted of being the mastermind behind a network of 35 people dismantled by Moroccan authorities in 2008, and was also accused of committing six murders in Belgium in the 1980s and 1990s, which he denied. He was found guilty in a trial criticised…

Arrested in 2008, the Belgo-Moroccoan was sentenced to life imprisonment the following year, accused in particular of having committed six murders in Belgium in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Mohammed VI Foundation for the Reinsertion of Prisoners On the occasion of the commemoration of the sacred month of Ramadan, the King of Morocco, Mohamed VI, granted the pardon of more than 1,500 persons, including 31 convicted of “extremism and terrorism”, after reviewing their cases, reflecting the feeling of the North African country in its fight against terrorist acts and organizations through reconciliation, reintegration and rehabilitation…

Sentenced to life in 2009 for leading a terrorist network, Abdelkader Belliraj received a royal pardon on the occasion of Eid el-Fitr. A release that revives the interrogations around this former robber, accused of six murders in Belgium and long suspected of navigating between Islamist circles and intelligence services.